John Stone

John Stone is a Contributing Editor for Travel Agent magazine and Luxury Travel Advisor with more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor of travel industry publications. A member of the startup editorial team of Business Travel News at CMP Publications in the mid-1980s, John moved over to serve more than 15 years as Senior Editor and News Editor at Tour & Travel News / Leisure Travel News before becoming News Editor for publisher Joel Abels at Travel Trade Magazine in New York. Most recently John served as Media Relations Manager at Travel Insured International in Connecticut, before relocating in 2012 to Florida’s Gulf coast where he is now based as an independent travel journalist.